Catalog

Cysticercosis of orbit

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Cysticercosis of orbit – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2110318828

This refers to tissue infection after exposure to eggs of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm. The disease is spread via the faecal-oral route through contaminated food and water, and is primarily a food borne disease. This diagnosis is of the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.